LBC journalist Nick Ferrari was left frustrated by what the Labour government has chosen to focus on, telling viewers that Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s “just not got it”. With some unprecedented events happening in the world over the past few weeks, which include US President Donald Trump seizing Venezuela’s leader Nicolás Maduro, and hundreds of people being killed in Iran’s protests, Ferrari tore Labour to shreds.
Speaking on Monday morning’s show, Ferrari, 66, began: “If you needed any further evidence that this government is way out of its depth, just look at what it decided to do yesterday. With Iran in the position it finds itself, with all the events that went on between the United Kingdom, the US and Russia. Russia supposedly, almost like shadow ships coming in too close to British waters…
“With the effective seizure of Maduro in Venezuela… Everything else, everything else, is going on in the world. Only this government would decide to send the Transport Secretary out to talk about potholes. Seriously?”
The LBC host added: “As one commentator, Richard Littlejohn often writes, ‘You couldn’t make it up.’ You really couldn’t. Clearly, neither Keir Starmer nor Yvette Cooper is the man or woman for the job. They’ve just not got it.”
Many listeners flocked to comment on Ferrari’s remarks, with Good Morning Britain correspondent Narinder Kaur writing: “But he wasn’t frustrated when Starmer hadn’t spoken out against the illegality of Trump kidnapping Maduro.”
A second added: “The only reason I listen to LBC is first this man.” A third wrote: “They just don’t have a clue, but we’re powerless to do anything about it.”
Ferrari is referring to the UK government’s release of a map that records how well pothole funding is being used, due to a new traffic light rating system published yesterday (Sunday, January 11).
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said in a statement: “We’ve put our money where our mouth is, increasing the funding for local highway authorities with £7.3 billion to fix roads and given them the long-term certainty they have been asking for.
“Now it’s over to them to spend the money wisely, and for the first time, we are making sure the public can see how well councils are doing in delivering the improvements they want to see in their local area.”